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New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet
About 10 percent of New Mexico children are Native American and often confront major barriers to online and in-person learning
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May 4, 2021
Second-grader Winona Begaye uploads homework in her family’s vehicle near Piñon. (Photo by Megan Marples/Cronkite News)
About 10 percent of New Mexico children are Native American and often confront major barriers to online and in-person learning
Cedar Attanasio
Associated Press / Report for America
SANTA FE, N.M. A New Mexico judge has ordered education officials to provide computers and high-speed internet to students who still don t have them in a landmark ruling that for the first time in the state has set a standard for internet speeds for public school children.
Judge: New Mexico Must Give At-Home Students Fast Internet -
By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press / Report For America
A New Mexico judge has ordered education officials to provide computers and high-speed internet to students who still don t have them in a landmark ruling that for the first time in the state has set a standard for internet speeds for public school children.
The ruling requires state officials to immediately determine which students covered by the sweeping lawsuit are still lacking quality internet, or devices, and to provide them with what they need, including transportation if they can t get fast internet from home.
AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A New Mexico judge has ordered education officials to provide computers and high-speed internet to students who still don’t have them in a landmark ruling that for the first time in the state has set a standard for internet speeds for public school children.
The ruling requires state officials to immediately determine which students covered by the sweeping lawsuit are still lacking quality internet, or devices, and to provide them with what they need, including transportation if they can’t get fast internet from home.
“Children who are lacking access to internet and technology for remote learning are not getting much of an education, if at all, let alone one that is sufficient to make them college and career ready,” said state District Judge Matthew Wilson in the ruling Friday morning. It’s unclear how the court might compel state officials to act on the ruling or when it might hold them in contempt.